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Article: Leading Videogame Publisher Electronic Arts and Universal Pictures Join Forces to Bring EA's Top-Selling New Franchise "ARMY OF TWO(TM)" to the Big Screen.
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- October 24, 2008
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Scott Stuber to Produce Film With EA; Scott Z. Burns to Write Screenplay
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced that the company has closed a deal with Universal Pictures to bring EA's new franchise and top-selling videogame, ARMY OF TWO[TM], to the big screen.
Scott Stuber, through his Stuber Productions shingle, will produce the film along with EA, and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns, who recently co-wrote the blockbuster THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM, has signed on to adapt the game for the screen. Universal Pictures, Stuber Productions and EA are planning to begin production of the film in 2009.
ARMY OF TWO, which has ...